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Alabama’s waiver from No Child Left Behind accountability measures is up for renewal. The Alabama State Department of Education has posted it online and given the public until March 31, 2015, to comment on the proposed changes. A 3-page document outlining the changes from...

As the news spreads about Alabama’s Plan 2020 and the pieces contained within, it has become painfully obvious that very few Alabamians, even those in education, understood what was actually in the Plan and the details of how student achievement would be measured…the...

My children’s introduction to standardized testing was in the spring of 2002. I recall being asked by my youngsters why they had to take “those” (standardized) tests in elementary school. They didn’t receive any grades for the tests, so what was the point?...

UPDATE 9/6/14: Tests have been updated again. Go here to see the latest. UPDATE 3/9/14: Found the most recent updated list, revised November 15, 2013, of all standardized tests for Alabama’s children. Here’s a link to the PDF and the image is displayed below. Two new...

NBC News broadcast a story on Thursday, March 7, about the race-based performance targets that many states have moved to in search of a waiver from No Child Left Behind 100% proficiency targets. Alabama has submitted performance targets based on race, socioeconomic, disability,...

Is that enough acronyms in one headline for you? Here is the codebook with which to decipher these cryptic letters: NCLB = No Child Left Behind AMO = Annual Measurable Objectives, the percentage of students that must meet proficiency (score at least at Level III on the Alabama...

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